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MeSH Heading: Cholesterol, Dietary
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.247.808.197.225; D10.212.302.347; D10.570.938.208.222
Unique ID: D002791
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002791
Annotation: /adv eff: coord with disease /‌etiol, not /‌chem ind
Scope Note: Cholesterol present in food, especially in animal products.
Entry Term(s): Dietary Cholesterol
Previous Indexing: Cholesterol (1966-1972); Dietary Fats (1966-1972)
See Also: Hypercholesterolemia; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
Entry Combination: chemistry:Cholesterol /chemistry
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/28

Entry Combination: chemistry:Cholesterol /chemistry
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Cholesterol, Dietary MeSH Descriptor Data 2025